Emma Acquired!

[bunnyboo]

 I promised myself I would wait longer between Austen novels, but I couldn't resist when I saw Emma on the shelf at the library. After Persuasion, it's been the most recommended to me of her books. I've never seen Clueless or this year's adaptation of the original (though it does look tempting) so I'll be going into it fresh once I finish up with Dracula.

Comments

[perhin_madoc_gamgins]

Lady Susan is hilarious and bitchy. It's written in the format of letters, so every section is a letter sent to so-and-so, usually complaining about someone else based on a letter they received. XD

Editor's notes are a must! And you're right about getting into Austen. I sometimes feel like I need a dictionary from that era in order to read on.

[bunnyboo]

I shall add that to my reading list. Bitchy Austen letters are my jam.

A friend lent me a copy of "What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew." It's like a mini textbook specifically answering questions about daily life from the Regency era through the Victorians. Very useful!

[perhin_madoc_gamgins]

I've seen that book floating around the 'Net. There's a book I want that's similar, but focuses on the Tudor era.

[bunnyboo]

Oh, that sounds interesting. Do you have the name?

[perhin_madoc_gamgins]

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Tudors-Annie-Bullen/dp/0750993383/ref=asc_df_0750993383/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475873515737&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16845593472349394564&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9012641&hvtargid=pla-907907122455&psc=1